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Hereford Brooke George

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Description:Excerpt from A Historical Geography of the British Empire My object in writing this little book has been to present a general survey of the British empire as a whole, with the historical conditions, at least so far as they depend on geography, which have contributed to produce the present state of things. The historical geography of these islands of course goes very far back; in the rest of the empire the history, so far as it is English at all, is comparatively modern. In doing this I have tried to bring into special relief the unique character of the empire, both politically and geographically; for from this uniqueness a most important inference logically follows: no historical precedents exist to guide us as to its probable future. "Empires, like everything else, come to maturity, and are then bound to decay." "Every empire will perish that extends its boundaries beyond what it can effectively defend." "An empire which ceases to grow is sure to dwindle." We are presented with sonorous platitudes of this type, said to be based on historical induction, usually by people who have no goodwill to England, and who infer from them the more or less speedy fall of the empire. Nobody doubts that the British empire may perish; it certainly will if a sufficiently powerful league of enemies should ever be formed against it, or if its own statesmen make really fatal blunders. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Historical Geography of the British Empire (Classic Reprint). To get started finding A Historical Geography of the British Empire (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from A Historical Geography of the British Empire My object in writing this little book has been to present a general survey of the British empire as a whole, with the historical conditions, at least so far as they depend on geography, which have contributed to produce the present state of things. The historical geography of these islands of course goes very far back; in the rest of the empire the history, so far as it is English at all, is comparatively modern. In doing this I have tried to bring into special relief the unique character of the empire, both politically and geographically; for from this uniqueness a most important inference logically follows: no historical precedents exist to guide us as to its probable future. "Empires, like everything else, come to maturity, and are then bound to decay." "Every empire will perish that extends its boundaries beyond what it can effectively defend." "An empire which ceases to grow is sure to dwindle." We are presented with sonorous platitudes of this type, said to be based on historical induction, usually by people who have no goodwill to England, and who infer from them the more or less speedy fall of the empire. Nobody doubts that the British empire may perish; it certainly will if a sufficiently powerful league of enemies should ever be formed against it, or if its own statesmen make really fatal blunders. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Historical Geography of the British Empire (Classic Reprint). To get started finding A Historical Geography of the British Empire (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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